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I don't really think his concept of a nerd works, since he lumps in lots of extraneous charateristics and values. I think a more explanatory description would
by pasabagi 8y ago
I don't really think his concept of a nerd works, since he lumps in lots of extraneous charateristics and values.
I think a more explanatory description would be, a nerd is somebody who is primarily interested in technical questions. That predisposes nerds to avoid ambiguity - but by no means excludes nerds like literature professors, who are absolutely obsessed with ambiguity.
It's generally a better idea to categorise people by priorities, as opposed to preferences - since preferences tend to be very variable.
- nickthemagicman 8y agoI think there's several sub-categories in the nerd culture. Geeks, Dweebs, Nerds, etc. I think Geeks are the literature/pop culture equivalent of nerds. Whereas nerds deal with more scientific obsessions Geeks deal with more cultural obsessions. Here's a Nerd/Dweeb/Geek Venn diagram. https://www.popsugar.com/tech/Geek-vs-Nerd-vs-Dork-vs-Dweeb-8177870 https://www.popsugar.com/tech/Geek-vs-Nerd-vs-Dork-vs-Dweeb-...